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Chicago examiner monday Chicago march 31 1913 price one cent Â»Â«Â£- Â£ *Â£& il vol xl no 85 a m monday registered in u s patent oitice unknown m by sam w small jr man wearing red cross i emblem caught with stolen jewelry is tried by courtmar tial executed by lantern light â– fourteen hundred troops rule m stricken ohio city with iron i hand death list now totals 200 20,000 left destitute i endless lines of survivors re ceive food and clothing from i soldiers work of clearing hood ruins to begin to-day iiyton 0 march 30.â€”seven teen men have been shot and killed in the streets of dayton houls and looters since the tration oi martial law teu were i between darkness last night daylight this morning nine negroes and the tenth a white lhe only white man ot the sev n whose crimes brought instant i as punishment riviriimi : m u quad firing was i throughout the night in the ess district where jewelry and valuables lie at the mercy of i ; ' cep for the invisible oi the sentries hniiets after l jrir-ew beiis tolled al i o'clock light the orders were to shoot 1 all persons present in the ed district who refused to an : hails and obey the guardsmen's b-h-s and the orders were d rtly after 2 o'clock this morn le sentry on post at third and streets the heart of the busi district halted a young white vhom he discovered in the deep ws of the unlighted streets entry called upon him to and the man stepped forwai u iisplayed on his left arm the ter of the red cross he said is a physician and had been out n urgent call from a dying tn ited by lantern light s sentry noticed that the man liis right hand behind his back einanded credentials the man he had none other than the r of the red cross the soldier qted his rifle at the man's breast ommanded him to bring his hand from behind his back and it the order was obeyed and jen hand held two gold watches all for the corporal of the guard ringing through the silence and were sounds of running feet and ittle of military equipment the ral was shown the watches in risoner's hands he held up his n and scanned the ashen face i prisoner and asked him to ex j how they came into his posses the man stammered an evasive the corporal then searched his ts and found sixteen more gold res ther cry was repeated from sen > sentry down the pitch dark . it was a call for the relief ildiers at the guard post buckled : eir side arms shouldered their and answered at double quick the corporal told them off into g squad standing in the gutter man with the red cross bras a his arm was led to the steps i first national bank building ld to stand on the second step ; the entrance of the building orporal posted himself behind ing squad raised his lantern so its rays glinted along the bar f the raised rifles of the guards ! md in quick staccato gave the commands the six rifles spoke e and the man on the steps led up and pitched forward his rolled to the sidewalk and lay uless later it was removed on ' tcher and disposed of this was the first known execution ' by a firing squad but squad firing was ; latest summary of the flood situation in stricken states hundreds fleeing homes in Illinois kentucky tennessee and missouri as the mississippi and ohio rivers swelled by tor rents threaten worst fiood in years seventh regiment of Chicago and the Chicago naval reserves are ordered out for duty at cairo troops patrol mississippi river levees and hundreds of workmen pile sandbags to keep out flood situation in ohio and west vir ginia serious and towns are cut off from outside world dayton begins work of repair ing flood losses piqua fights typhoid epidemic troy again is menaced by flames the zanes vi me list of dead is cut to fifteen the death toll in columbus is put at seventy-two the lewiston reservoir is pronounced safe by engineers flames and typhoid in troy and piqua more troops asked to prevent loot ing in ohio cities 2,500 are now homelers i sidney 0 march so flood waters that engulfed troy and piqua tuesday are receding and the survivors in both cities arc taking a more hopeful view of the future even though a typhoid epi demic prevails | although the patrol forces which are 1 moving about in the two cities in skiffs and rowboats are finding bodies every ' now and then it is believed that the ! number of drownings at i'iqua will not exceed fifty and the deaths in troy will number about the same piqua has i 2,300 homeless captain hubbard in charge of the mil itary at i'iqua sent a rush order to the adjutant general's office at columbus asking for more troops to suppress loot ing in troy the firemen are struggling with i several fires which started late last night and which still threaten a large j part of the business district peru asks for cash as its greatest need mayor says residents are striving to clean up city but must have money peri . in .. march 30 mayor john kremzei has i en besieged with tele grams from i nr - , ities asking what out side help is i led most by flood s;r f r rrs tire gr , ral relief committee a myself hav irst completed an inapt on of the flojded district and we for in ditions much worse than we anticipated mayor kreutzer said to-night the flood sufferers are working diligently to clean up their homes ancl are aiding in every way to help the relief committee to put the city in a sanitary condition contri butions of money will be greatly appre ciated by all contributions may bc sent to joseph h shirk who is iu charge of the finance work no additional reports of dead received to-day and only eight are known to have been drowned train loads of mail held up by floods postoffiee department hears that service is demoralized in ohio and indiana washington march 80 stories of whole train loads of mail marooned on the borders of the flooded section of ohio and indiana unable to move either way are filtering through to tlie post office department from railway mail of ficials and postal inspectors in that re gion carloads of mail are stalled at wash ington ind on the baltimore it ohio ami al ilirntingtnn ind on the southern railway the crippled condition of mails and transportation is extending ever j southward with the advance of the flood no mails were received in washington i to-day from the immediate flood district and points south of it mail from north i era ohio and the far west came through ! all right flora wilson sings for flood belief daughter of former secretary of ' agriculture is chief attraction at washington benefit washington march :',<:. miss flora , wilson daughter of former secret ary of 1 agriculture james wilson aad the ma i rine band were the main attractions at i the monster benefit held here to-night , for the flood sufferers miss wilson gave a cycle of scotch songs as her eontribu ; yon to the cause and theu remain en j tortaiuint a_^ox partj a , westminsters agree to final separation decision believed to be precipitated by publication of photographs of duchess with skater special cable to the examiner london march 30 the duke ana duchess of westminster lt was learned j to-night finally have agreed to separate ! this decision will not come as a sur j i prise as it has been known that they ' did not enjoy harmonious marital rela :; ns according to friends the duchess will receive an annuitj of 70,000 and the town house us the grosvpnor estate in mayfair as well as the duke's second country house halkjui flintshire th ; two children lady i'rsuln tjjed eleven and lady mary aged three will divide their time between their parents the separation is believed to have been precipitated by the publication of pho tographs showing the duchess skating waltzing and tobogganing with a profes sional sknter at wengon the duchess was constance edwlna cornwallls avest and was married to the duke iu 11101 sees wilson to-day to urge mrs wickliffe louisiana governor heads delega tion to ask julia lathrop's posi tion for congressman's widow washington march 30 governor luther hall of louisiana and the louisi ana delegation in congress will call on : president wilson to-morrow to present the application and indorsements of mrs robert c wickliffe widow of represent ative wickliffe of louisiana for the post of chief of the children's bureau now held by miss julia lathrop mrs wickliffe is indorsed by practical ly every democratic member of the house and senate miss lathrop has been a capable of ; flcial but is a republican the job pays i 5,000 a year 1,000 troops are sent to battle waters at cairo seventh regiment ordered out by dunne after situation is called desperate provisions also are sent rising waters threaten city while danger of disease adds new menace springfield 111 march i.-wlth tlio people of a half dozen southern 1111 nois towns facing a desperate situation rn account of the flooded ohio hirer governor limine to-night ordered that a thousand soldiers be rushed try special train to cairo messages receive by the governor from sheriff fr.i7.er and mayor parsons of cairo described con ditions as desperate { fears were expressed that the levee might break ut any minute with au in evitable large loss of life and immense property damage the entire seventh regiment Illinois national guard under command of colonel . lauiel moriarty Chicago was ordered out by governor ' dunne previous to inking this action the governor had already ordered the fol lowing five downstate companies to cairo k of carlo l oluey li newton i mount vernon and c sullivan all of the fourth iteÃŸiinent lieutenant ('. e ityman of effingham was detailed hy , adjutant genera dickson to assume charge of the troops the city is practically under martial l law iu talkiug over he telephone with j governor dunne mayor parsons stated that despite the flood warnings issued i by the united states weather bureau i advising residents to move to higher ground few took this advice and many hundreds of lives are in danger the river is steadily rising to-night : with nt indication that the crest of the ! | flood will be reached for some time : disease is menace in addition to the troops sent to cairo adjutant general dickson detailed major george clotfelier of hillsboro surgeon of the fourth regiment to proceed to ! cairo at once and take charge of the j j medical corps at that place as the dan j j ger of disease is not among the least of j | the menaces that confront the city teu thousand army rations were to-night sent to cairo by express and will reach there some time iu the morning this is a sufficient supply of food to last one thousand persons ten days mayor parsons asked for double this amount and the rest will be sent hitn at once funds for radi emergencies are al ! read exhausted this tins not deterred governor lttnn fjpn going ahead with lhe relief work he will a_;_iorl_c the expenditure cf any rum of money deemed necessary depending either upon the leg islature making an appropriation lo : the bill or meeting same hy popular in scription " "â€¢* adjutant general dickson and governor dunne remained in their offices at the state house all night and were in con stant communication over the long dis tance telephone with mayor parsons and sheriff frnzer at cairo and with assist ant adjutant general shand who to-day arrived at shawneetown and assumed di rection of relief work at that place gen eral dickson and colonel s o tripp will leave early in the morning for cairo to : take charge of tlie troops sent there shawneetown in danger in a telephone message received to night from adjutant general shand it â– ir staled tliat the conditions at shawuee ! town are alarming and that a break in the levee is feared at any time many of the residents have moved to the hills hack of tire town hut a break in the levee would cause large loss of life and property general shand talked from evansville ind all communication with shawneeto'wn has been cut off no more fains ran it in lust before midnight the governor re ceived a message from cairo that the water was within one foot of the top of the levee which protects the city and that the river was still rising bernard lamb of function gallatin county has wired for 100 tents for refu gees e ''. fletcher of mounds has wired for till tents for homeless people there the cairo executive flood committee applied to-night to president woodrow wilson lor help for ohio and mississippi valleys declaring the flood was the worst in history five hundred infantrymen of the sev enth regiment i n 4 left for cairo on the Illinois central this morning following orders received from governor dunne colonel daniel moriarity and captain e j morton accompanied the regiment two trains were used to transport the '. troops to thc flood stricken zone the i first train made up of six coaches a chair : car tor tii officers mid a baggage car was scheduled to leave thc i"ark how station at 2:45 the second train was scheduled to leave at 1 o'clock this train carried six coaches and oue baggage â– car _.-__â– _-._ ;____*_-Â» ..._, r _*_â– ___ .. car kidnapers best relative guarding victim friends try to mob trolley crew who are rescued by three policemen attack probably is fatal attempt to spirit man run down to company's hospital is foiled peter nielowozczycki was beaten last ' night by street car employes following his attempt to prevent the removal of his cousin michael slinger forty-nine j years old to the sheridau park hospital slinger had been knocked down by a [ northbound lincoln avenue car and had been placed on the rear platform when his cousin interposed the assailants are said to have struck their victim with a controller and switch rod nielowozczycki who is a saloonkeeper ': and lives at 5119 lincoln avenue suffered injuries which physicians at the ravens wood hospital say will result fatally his skull was fractured and his right arm broken in three places four men are held at the sunnnerdale police station pending the outcome of the victim's injuries the men under arrest are fischer j it motoriuan brigman c f conductor i roubinek vincent and bis brother james the men were taken lu custody after ; three policemen had been compelled to : disperse a crowd of friends of nlel j owoczczycki and his cousin who hal threatened the street car meu who had taken refuge inside slinger who was removed to the rav enswood hospital suffered two scalp wounds and bruises about the back the accident occurred in front of niel ( wqzezyeki's saloon when the snlooukeeper was knocked down his cries brought a crowd from the saloon and they soon were seeking ven ; gesnee on the street car men in thc meantime the police bad been notified and it was through their timely arrival ; that the car employes escaped rough i treatment flung bout for h f iui'gormick Chicago ma originator of the new sport to have private aerial chauffeur sa.n iiikoo cal march 30 a new sport combining the pleasures of motor ing ueioplaningr and yachting is to be come the fad of the wealthy judging by an order iust receivrd here by glenn curtiss from harold i mccormick of Chicago mccormick has placed i order for a flying boat with a reiiues : tl at a man be sent to Chicago to teach mecormick's aviator how to manipulate it curtiss has sent to europe for his representative there demonstrator witmer to return for this purpose the private flying boar with n private aerial chauffeur is new and mecor mick's example probably will be fi lowed by other sportsmen of new yort and Chicago pair live long on 4 each day for meals s aged philosopher and his wife solve living cost problem and find secret of health webster mass march 30 marcus m wood the aged philosopher of this town has solved the problem of high cost of living he and his wife subsist upon the expenditure of 4 cents a day and at the same time he thinks he nas the secret of health the daily menu is jikeakfast sliced and fiiend indian nieal pudding butter grape jelly doughnut wheat sherbet dinnek tomato soup buckwheat puddiog doughnut potatoes jrrljxr jelly butter bread crac.ed fc milk suiter buckwheat cakes graÂ»y butter plum jelly cracked flint wheat mrs a . s billings dead of apoplexy 5 mother of gas magnate spent last days in home husband bought years ago r mrs augusta s billings mother of c .. k g billings millionaire gas magnate died at he billings home 14_s west lake street yesterdaj afternoon her death was due to a stroke of npno " plexy f her death brings to a close an event ful and interesting life the life of one possessing millions who lived among fac tories and factory people in the home of 1 her husband the late a yl billings s bought forty-five years ago she has s lived there during that time although : urged bv her children and friends to re e i â€¢ . , side in a more exclusive section of the . city according to dr frank billings a p nephew who has been in constant ntleud . ance for the last two years her declln , ing ileal th was brought on by the black mailing case two years ago when two j men with the aid of a uegro attempted to secure a part of her fortune since ; that time august 11)11 she has been ill rind was forced to give up almost en . . irely her extensive business dealings mrs billings managed the estate of | : her husband and she has been ca it cl .' chicago's oldest business woman she ' possessed a knowledge of west side i-v'alty unequaled by most of active brisi rs meu j,li.-s hillings was born in april 18_1 r r _____ uu to Chicago with her husband r j jjn billings who died in 15.7 from i ; vermonv nalt l **â– *"*Â» age she has : t _- e ,. sters mrs lucy drawley of \\ i a boulevard mrs susan beu iau'.ir of frown point ind anrl miss 11 m farnsw.orth of new york there ls one l)-otben j oim arr.swnrth who re sides in veimp *'â€¢ '-'â– k - billings her ' s l"l c i'-'\r m hl sarah who married c h ruddock^m 1 '" y ' l1 ' '""â€¢ son - a axi uuipiock.^^t ' i ',' i ', 1 i " 1 ' i > l '; i "' ith the | r ' ( .' ' f k ' m arrive from i-or'k ipis'inc^p u ' " lke arrangement for the fuikjh a > morgan suing rapidly doctor issue warning bulletins from bedside by camillo cianfarra financier's throat is now par alyzed and only hope of pro longing life lies in forcing him to take nourishment death may come at any moment ' says son in law although physicians may keep spark of life alive for many weeks patient weakened by illness and his nervous system wrecked strives in vain to speak to those who watch by his side special cable to the examiner rome march 31 at 2 o'clock this morning j pierpont mor gan's condition is such as to r cause rave anxiety among those : close to the world's greatest finan cier the worst has been feared | since the three doctors in attendance on mr morgan issued the signed : statement at 9:50 last night describ 1 ing mr morgan's condition as most critical at 1 o'clock this morning dr dick ; son who has been watching mr morgan all night reported that the fin icier was still sleeping with pulse somewhat slow but breathing normal it was 4 o'clock yesterday after noon when the financier awoke from a fitful sleep relates assembled at the bedside were alarmed to no tice the deathly pallor of his fea tares furthermore when the in valid tried to speak he found it ex tremely difficult to articulate and he failed to recognize those around him doctors were hastily summoned to the bedside and a hasty examination revealed an unexpected change for the worse with advanced paralysis i of the throat muscles mr morgan has also completely lost his will power condition extremely grave this brought the realization of the extreme gravity of his condition and at a meeting of doctors and rela â– lives it was decided to issue a frank ] . statement artificial feeding has been resorted to by dr dickson and it is hoped that this will have the effect of prolonging life / mr satterlee received me at/11 o'clock last night and said although mr morgan's condition '.. is critical no fears of his immediate death are entertained all depends on whether artificial feeding will keep him alive if so he may live for weeks or even recover although the worst may come at any time he is extremely weak but the assimilation of food may restore his lost strength as already told in these dispatches mr morgan refused to obey orders ' and would not tt.ke food but under the joint persuasion of doctors and relatives he consented late saturday night to place himself once more in the hands of the doctors it was no ticed that when he tried to take food i his swallowing became more and more difficult and alter a restless night during which the family re mained close at hand they became so alarmed that a consultation was ar ranged at 10 o'clock this morning with dr basti*nelli dr starr and dr dickson find no organic trouble these physicians made a thorough j examination of the patient reporting that they had discovered no organic ailment and that thanks to his splen did constitution . mr morgan was holding his own the doctors also announced that if mr morgan could be persuaded to ake nourishment the contemplated trip to paris could be undertaken safely to-day it was after this that mr satterlee ' once more denied reports of mr i morgan's critical condition the lat ] tor hud then dozed off into a gentle i sleep but when sr morgan awoke i at four mr samerlce found it impos < sible te maintain th:rr altitude any longer the news of tha knii e'er serious , conditior leaked jm . wh n instruc tions were givet^^^kjurjiiiatki the order for a special train to paris to day | earlier in e day during a talk wltfc inc mr satterlee indignantly denied rt * ports of his father-in-law's impend death the truth is said mi sattetlec there has been rery little change iu his condition since wednesday aside froui a certain increase in the patient's rest lessness i l*o wish to dt/ny that dr allen starr who is mr morgan â„¢*- sonal fiienu was purposely 9 at fnr r starr w traveling in italyp itii itia fam ily and as he happened to m he called to see mr morgan oad it w then that he was taken by dr k;istiÂ»u elli ami dickson in consultatioa will ailay fears after this consultation a statement will be given out iu order to allay all fears and stop the circulation of rumors and alarming reports what we want t do above all else is to out a stop to mr morgan's friends in new york not being able to pick up a paper without reading morgan dead " it was late saturday night tost rela tives were able to induce mr morgan to resume the weir mitchell rest cure and refrain from conversation reading or sitting up the financier had demand ed during the day that be be allowed to smoke asking for a cigar and becoming very angry when told it would be tery injuriac for him to smoke just nowi investigation of the origin of the rumor of his death saturday shows that the mistake occhrred through the misinter pretation of a half-masted flag displayed at the grand hotel while a memorial service for the king of greece wag pro ceeding a transient american thought this was on account of mr morgan death and the news was cabled to new york son in new york worried new york march 30 j p mojf 5 jr discussing to-night the cable a0 Â« from koine concerning his father's : nd tion said i considered the cable this morning somewhat reassuring bat the one thl afternoon is less favorable t cannot but feel anxious as it is clear that th doctors are much concerned over mr mor gan's increasing weakness Â»!â– inability to take nourishment j pierpont morgan whose condition ir rome is being watched closely by a trio of physicians that mr morgan's condition is critical is shown by the atti tude of these medical experts who go to this extreme ! only when a crisis is near this photograph is the last i one taken before he sailed from new york morgan fast losing strength in fight to prolong his life i ry ome march 30 â€” the follow | a ing bulletin teas given out 6.1 hie doctors in attendance o i pirrpont morgan to-night at sf beginning a week ago mr morgan was persuaded to go to bed and remain there in order to conserve his strength until wednesday afternoon he did very well under this regime ; he rested and slept well without drugs and took a satisfactory amount of nourishment on wednesday afternoon hpw ever he began to refuse food and since then it has been impossible to nourish him he has also lost weight and strength very rapidly his nervous sys tem is showing this added strain seriously he has not a developed any organic trou j3 ble but is so exceedingly 7 weak that his present condi i < tion must be considered i 1 most critical , j allen starr m dj geo a dickson mh gl bastl4nelli los morgan death would hav e c rave market effect by boersi kr it is a grave mistake - u ne â– t the passing of j pierpr gn w i have no effect on fin 5 ' ft . and long absences fro â– * itj , led to the popular sui t!jft busmess of morgan bouses la wp j } hand so efficiently organized that the deatli of the chief partner would n_t weaken the firm or its large co-_tli iiency there are twelve partnerfl n q e y york bouse six in philadelphia jj . london an four in parts the all thoroughly capable fnau litb _ w cojhued on 2d page 4th colurnnj chic 30 af<ld vicinity gener ally fair and cooler monday tues Â» -~/ 7 day probably fair brisk to high _/ westerly winds becoming variable i range of re mo rati ires yesterday __<_?^^ highest h2 f . a â€” ,___, lowest 4tt l v tv-yy average 54 ' â– ** -. â€” 3 | spend \ a part of your time every day reading j 1 the want ads in the examiner you will find your time well spent and well paid if or i *-- * ll ii â– 1 __ the association of american advertisers has i tl^_s examined and certified to thc circulation of this isr'lij publication the figures of circulation contained f n the association's report on arc guaranteed association of american advertisers â– f xo 2300 whitehall bldg n y city

Chicago examiner monday Chicago march 31 1913 price one cent Â»Â«Â£- Â£ *Â£& il vol xl no 85 a m monday registered in u s patent oitice unknown m by sam w small jr man wearing red cross i emblem caught with stolen jewelry is tried by courtmar tial executed by lantern light â– fourteen hundred troops rule m stricken ohio city with iron i hand death list now totals 200 20,000 left destitute i endless lines of survivors re ceive food and clothing from i soldiers work of clearing hood ruins to begin to-day iiyton 0 march 30.â€”seven teen men have been shot and killed in the streets of dayton houls and looters since the tration oi martial law teu were i between darkness last night daylight this morning nine negroes and the tenth a white lhe only white man ot the sev n whose crimes brought instant i as punishment riviriimi : m u quad firing was i throughout the night in the ess district where jewelry and valuables lie at the mercy of i ; ' cep for the invisible oi the sentries hniiets after l jrir-ew beiis tolled al i o'clock light the orders were to shoot 1 all persons present in the ed district who refused to an : hails and obey the guardsmen's b-h-s and the orders were d rtly after 2 o'clock this morn le sentry on post at third and streets the heart of the busi district halted a young white vhom he discovered in the deep ws of the unlighted streets entry called upon him to and the man stepped forwai u iisplayed on his left arm the ter of the red cross he said is a physician and had been out n urgent call from a dying tn ited by lantern light s sentry noticed that the man liis right hand behind his back einanded credentials the man he had none other than the r of the red cross the soldier qted his rifle at the man's breast ommanded him to bring his hand from behind his back and it the order was obeyed and jen hand held two gold watches all for the corporal of the guard ringing through the silence and were sounds of running feet and ittle of military equipment the ral was shown the watches in risoner's hands he held up his n and scanned the ashen face i prisoner and asked him to ex j how they came into his posses the man stammered an evasive the corporal then searched his ts and found sixteen more gold res ther cry was repeated from sen > sentry down the pitch dark . it was a call for the relief ildiers at the guard post buckled : eir side arms shouldered their and answered at double quick the corporal told them off into g squad standing in the gutter man with the red cross bras a his arm was led to the steps i first national bank building ld to stand on the second step ; the entrance of the building orporal posted himself behind ing squad raised his lantern so its rays glinted along the bar f the raised rifles of the guards ! md in quick staccato gave the commands the six rifles spoke e and the man on the steps led up and pitched forward his rolled to the sidewalk and lay uless later it was removed on ' tcher and disposed of this was the first known execution ' by a firing squad but squad firing was ; latest summary of the flood situation in stricken states hundreds fleeing homes in Illinois kentucky tennessee and missouri as the mississippi and ohio rivers swelled by tor rents threaten worst fiood in years seventh regiment of Chicago and the Chicago naval reserves are ordered out for duty at cairo troops patrol mississippi river levees and hundreds of workmen pile sandbags to keep out flood situation in ohio and west vir ginia serious and towns are cut off from outside world dayton begins work of repair ing flood losses piqua fights typhoid epidemic troy again is menaced by flames the zanes vi me list of dead is cut to fifteen the death toll in columbus is put at seventy-two the lewiston reservoir is pronounced safe by engineers flames and typhoid in troy and piqua more troops asked to prevent loot ing in ohio cities 2,500 are now homelers i sidney 0 march so flood waters that engulfed troy and piqua tuesday are receding and the survivors in both cities arc taking a more hopeful view of the future even though a typhoid epi demic prevails | although the patrol forces which are 1 moving about in the two cities in skiffs and rowboats are finding bodies every ' now and then it is believed that the ! number of drownings at i'iqua will not exceed fifty and the deaths in troy will number about the same piqua has i 2,300 homeless captain hubbard in charge of the mil itary at i'iqua sent a rush order to the adjutant general's office at columbus asking for more troops to suppress loot ing in troy the firemen are struggling with i several fires which started late last night and which still threaten a large j part of the business district peru asks for cash as its greatest need mayor says residents are striving to clean up city but must have money peri . in .. march 30 mayor john kremzei has i en besieged with tele grams from i nr - , ities asking what out side help is i led most by flood s;r f r rrs tire gr , ral relief committee a myself hav irst completed an inapt on of the flojded district and we for in ditions much worse than we anticipated mayor kreutzer said to-night the flood sufferers are working diligently to clean up their homes ancl are aiding in every way to help the relief committee to put the city in a sanitary condition contri butions of money will be greatly appre ciated by all contributions may bc sent to joseph h shirk who is iu charge of the finance work no additional reports of dead received to-day and only eight are known to have been drowned train loads of mail held up by floods postoffiee department hears that service is demoralized in ohio and indiana washington march 80 stories of whole train loads of mail marooned on the borders of the flooded section of ohio and indiana unable to move either way are filtering through to tlie post office department from railway mail of ficials and postal inspectors in that re gion carloads of mail are stalled at wash ington ind on the baltimore it ohio ami al ilirntingtnn ind on the southern railway the crippled condition of mails and transportation is extending ever j southward with the advance of the flood no mails were received in washington i to-day from the immediate flood district and points south of it mail from north i era ohio and the far west came through ! all right flora wilson sings for flood belief daughter of former secretary of ' agriculture is chief attraction at washington benefit washington march :', l '; i "' ith the | r ' ( .' ' f k ' m arrive from i-or'k ipis'inc^p u ' " lke arrangement for the fuikjh a > morgan suing rapidly doctor issue warning bulletins from bedside by camillo cianfarra financier's throat is now par alyzed and only hope of pro longing life lies in forcing him to take nourishment death may come at any moment ' says son in law although physicians may keep spark of life alive for many weeks patient weakened by illness and his nervous system wrecked strives in vain to speak to those who watch by his side special cable to the examiner rome march 31 at 2 o'clock this morning j pierpont mor gan's condition is such as to r cause rave anxiety among those : close to the world's greatest finan cier the worst has been feared | since the three doctors in attendance on mr morgan issued the signed : statement at 9:50 last night describ 1 ing mr morgan's condition as most critical at 1 o'clock this morning dr dick ; son who has been watching mr morgan all night reported that the fin icier was still sleeping with pulse somewhat slow but breathing normal it was 4 o'clock yesterday after noon when the financier awoke from a fitful sleep relates assembled at the bedside were alarmed to no tice the deathly pallor of his fea tares furthermore when the in valid tried to speak he found it ex tremely difficult to articulate and he failed to recognize those around him doctors were hastily summoned to the bedside and a hasty examination revealed an unexpected change for the worse with advanced paralysis i of the throat muscles mr morgan has also completely lost his will power condition extremely grave this brought the realization of the extreme gravity of his condition and at a meeting of doctors and rela â– lives it was decided to issue a frank ] . statement artificial feeding has been resorted to by dr dickson and it is hoped that this will have the effect of prolonging life / mr satterlee received me at/11 o'clock last night and said although mr morgan's condition '.. is critical no fears of his immediate death are entertained all depends on whether artificial feeding will keep him alive if so he may live for weeks or even recover although the worst may come at any time he is extremely weak but the assimilation of food may restore his lost strength as already told in these dispatches mr morgan refused to obey orders ' and would not tt.ke food but under the joint persuasion of doctors and relatives he consented late saturday night to place himself once more in the hands of the doctors it was no ticed that when he tried to take food i his swallowing became more and more difficult and alter a restless night during which the family re mained close at hand they became so alarmed that a consultation was ar ranged at 10 o'clock this morning with dr basti*nelli dr starr and dr dickson find no organic trouble these physicians made a thorough j examination of the patient reporting that they had discovered no organic ailment and that thanks to his splen did constitution . mr morgan was holding his own the doctors also announced that if mr morgan could be persuaded to ake nourishment the contemplated trip to paris could be undertaken safely to-day it was after this that mr satterlee ' once more denied reports of mr i morgan's critical condition the lat ] tor hud then dozed off into a gentle i sleep but when sr morgan awoke i at four mr samerlce found it impos < sible te maintain th:rr altitude any longer the news of tha knii e'er serious , conditior leaked jm . wh n instruc tions were givet^^^kjurjiiiatki the order for a special train to paris to day | earlier in e day during a talk wltfc inc mr satterlee indignantly denied rt * ports of his father-in-law's impend death the truth is said mi sattetlec there has been rery little change iu his condition since wednesday aside froui a certain increase in the patient's rest lessness i l*o wish to dt/ny that dr allen starr who is mr morgan â„¢*- sonal fiienu was purposely 9 at fnr r starr w traveling in italyp itii itia fam ily and as he happened to m he called to see mr morgan oad it w then that he was taken by dr k;istiÂ»u elli ami dickson in consultatioa will ailay fears after this consultation a statement will be given out iu order to allay all fears and stop the circulation of rumors and alarming reports what we want t do above all else is to out a stop to mr morgan's friends in new york not being able to pick up a paper without reading morgan dead " it was late saturday night tost rela tives were able to induce mr morgan to resume the weir mitchell rest cure and refrain from conversation reading or sitting up the financier had demand ed during the day that be be allowed to smoke asking for a cigar and becoming very angry when told it would be tery injuriac for him to smoke just nowi investigation of the origin of the rumor of his death saturday shows that the mistake occhrred through the misinter pretation of a half-masted flag displayed at the grand hotel while a memorial service for the king of greece wag pro ceeding a transient american thought this was on account of mr morgan death and the news was cabled to new york son in new york worried new york march 30 j p mojf 5 jr discussing to-night the cable a0 Â« from koine concerning his father's : nd tion said i considered the cable this morning somewhat reassuring bat the one thl afternoon is less favorable t cannot but feel anxious as it is clear that th doctors are much concerned over mr mor gan's increasing weakness Â»!â– inability to take nourishment j pierpont morgan whose condition ir rome is being watched closely by a trio of physicians that mr morgan's condition is critical is shown by the atti tude of these medical experts who go to this extreme ! only when a crisis is near this photograph is the last i one taken before he sailed from new york morgan fast losing strength in fight to prolong his life i ry ome march 30 â€” the follow | a ing bulletin teas given out 6.1 hie doctors in attendance o i pirrpont morgan to-night at sf beginning a week ago mr morgan was persuaded to go to bed and remain there in order to conserve his strength until wednesday afternoon he did very well under this regime ; he rested and slept well without drugs and took a satisfactory amount of nourishment on wednesday afternoon hpw ever he began to refuse food and since then it has been impossible to nourish him he has also lost weight and strength very rapidly his nervous sys tem is showing this added strain seriously he has not a developed any organic trou j3 ble but is so exceedingly 7 weak that his present condi i < tion must be considered i 1 most critical , j allen starr m dj geo a dickson mh gl bastl4nelli los morgan death would hav e c rave market effect by boersi kr it is a grave mistake - u ne â– t the passing of j pierpr gn w i have no effect on fin 5 ' ft . and long absences fro â– * itj , led to the popular sui t!jft busmess of morgan bouses la wp j } hand so efficiently organized that the deatli of the chief partner would n_t weaken the firm or its large co-_tli iiency there are twelve partnerfl n q e y york bouse six in philadelphia jj . london an four in parts the all thoroughly capable fnau litb _ w cojhued on 2d page 4th colurnnj chic 30 af